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Yes Twitch. However, even peaceful protests require permits. I don't see any city allowing 5,000 people to camp out on the streets for an indefinite period of time. There's vagrancy laws, and permits can be revoked at the citie's discretion.
How long it remains peaceful is yet to be seen. The more people that get involved with this, the possibility of it escalating into riots increases. Especially if there are more incidents of police macing protesters. Already, Seattle is trying to evict the group there who are organizing a similar protest.
For the moment it they're just being humored. It doesn't seem anyone in the media or government is taking them too seriously, yet. This will have to grow a lot bigger and spread to a lot more cities before anything is actually accomplished, and even then there's no guarantee it will be anything more than a big waste of time. Still, it is commendable. If I lived closer to one of these places I would definitely get involved.
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